Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
Thomas Roy Skerritt (August 25, 1933 — October 21 2026) was an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. Known for his film roles in MAS*H (1970), The Turning Point (1977), Up in Smoke (1978), Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun (1986), Steel Magnolias (1989), A River Runs Through It (1992), and the television series Picket Fences (1992–96), Skerritt earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for the latter.
Acted in 160
2020s
- 2025
- 2022
Going Home
Vance Baker · 1 episode
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
The Phantom 52
The Phantom
- 2017
Day of Days
Walter
- 2016
Journey Back to Christmas
Tobias Cook
- 2015
- 2014
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Colonel (voice)
- 2013
Redwood Highway
Pete Peterson
- 2012
- 2011
Redemption Road
Santa
- 2010
Soaring Over America
Movie
2000s
- 2009
For Sale by Owner
Clive Farrier
- 2008
The Trojan Horse
President Stanfield · 2 episodes
- 2007
Killer Wave
Victor Bannister · 2 episodes
- 2006
Bonneville
Emmett L. Johnson
- 2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Colonel Mike Davis · 2 episodes
- 2004
The Grid
TV
Homeland Security
Admiral McKee
Homeland Security
Admiral Theodore McKee · 1 episode
- 2003
- 2002
Changing Hearts
Johnny Pinkley
- 2001
- 2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy · 2 episodes
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
High Noon
Will Kane
An American Daughter
Walter
1990s
- 1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux · 2 episodes
- 1998
Two for Texas
Sam Houston
- 1997
Divided by Hate
Steve Riordan
- 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV
- 1995
Over America
Movie
- 1994
- 1992
Getting Up and Going Home
Jack Montgomery
In Sickness and in Health
Jerritt Mattison
- 1991
- 1990
She'll Take Romance
Judge Warren Danvers
A Question About Sex
Jim
Child in the Night
Detective Bass
The China Lake Murders
Sheriff Sam Brodie
1980s
- 1989
Big Man on Campus
Dr. Webster
Red King, White Knight
Stoner
The Heist
Ebbet Berens
- 1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Ding
Moving Target
Joseph Kellogg
Honor Bound
Sam Cahill
- 1987
Maid to Order
Charles Montgomery
Poker Alice
Jeremy Collins
- 1986
Wisdom
Lloyd Wisdom
Miles to Go…
Stuart Browning
The Parent Trap II
Bill Grand
SpaceCamp
Zack
- 1985
- 1984
A Touch of Scandal
Father Dwelle
- 1983
Ryan's Four
Dr. Thomas Ryan · 5 episodes
- 1982
A Dangerous Summer
Howard Anderson
Fighting Back
John D'Angelo
- 1981
Silence of the North
Walter Reamer
Savage Harvest
Casey
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Maneaters Are Loose!
John Gosford
- 1977
- 1976
Origins of the Mafia
Bernardino Campo · 1 episode
Plot of Fear
Chief Inspector
La madama
Jack
- 1975
The Last Day
Bill Powers
- 1974
Run, Run, Joe!
Margherito
Thieves Like Us
Dee Mobley
Get Christie Love!
TV
- 1973
The Birdmen
Orville Fitzgerald
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
The Moonshine War
Neighbor (uncredited)
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
A Bell for Adano
Sgt. Trapani
- 1966
- 1965
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Corky Mardis
- 1964
One Man's Way
Leonard Peale, Grown
- 1963
- 1962
Directed 3
1990s
- 1997
Divided by Hate
Director
- 1990
A Question About Sex
Director
1970s
- 1972
Produced 1
2020s
- 2021
Appearances20
2020s
- 2025
Alien: Terror in Space
Self - Actor
2010s
- 2019
- 2016
The American West
Self · 8 episodes
- 2014
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
Narrator (voice)
- 2011
Over Hawaii
Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2009
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Narrator
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Narrator (voice)
- 2007
- 2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
- 2002
The Alien Saga
Self
- 2001
History vs. Hollywood
Self · 1 episode
- 2000
Backstory
Self · 1 episode
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
1990s
- 1999
Into the Wild Blue
Host
- 1994
Over California
Narrator (voice)
- 1993
- 1992
The Making of 'Alien³'
Self
